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>> outside the city, a white male is speeding east in a stolen school bus straight to the city line. the bus is stolen from this albuquerque bus yard. the suspect drives 80 miles west on i-40 to the city of grant. before turning around and heading back to albuquerque. >> are there any kids in that bus? >> negative, just the driver. >> as for now, just one male driver. that's all we have. now state, city and county law enforcement are in hot pursuit. they turn him to stop the empty bus because it reaches the rush hour. the plan, stop the vehicle with spike belts, also known as stop sticks, stri...

>> oh, my gosh. >> where do the bad decisions end. >> look at this. she won't let go of the baby. that poor kid. oh, my goodness. and these police officers trying their best not to hurt either one of these two. but she is not giving them much of a choice. look, then she takes off again. >> cops had to put out the stop sticks. driving 76 miles an hour, with the baby -- or young girl in her lap. that all ended when one of the tires came off the rim and went flat. >> it didn't end. look at that. they found what police believe is cocaine in the car as well. this is just such a sad story. at that...

Road. >> alerted by other truck drivers that the suspect is listening to a police scanner, bowers tries to convince the man to give up. >> you need to pull over and stop now before you get shot. >> but the suspect ignores the warning. >> bad things are about to happen if you don't stop. >> with few options, police deploy stop sticks in the path of the semi, but the truck manages to avoid them. another unit waits at the top of a hill, but the suspect spots him and swerves to the right. >> he switched lanes to avoid the stop sticks and sideswiped the other car occupied by two elderly people. >> ...

Sticks set up on bridge where i could deploy them and within a matter of several seconds he was on top of us and trooper falk was on the other side of the road. she deployed her sticks from the east side of the road. i deployed mine from west. >> the big rig veers off the road and heads straight toward the deputy. >> it was apparent he was turning toward me. it was quite surreal. it becomes more apparent that he's going to -- he's leaving the roadway and he's heading toward my squad. >> the semi slams into the back of the cruiser, narrowly missing the deputy. >> as his semi attempted to go aro...

And within minutes, plano police officer koy clements has located the truck and is in hot pursuit. >> i never chased an 18 wheeler before. and not realizing that even if you disable nearly every tire, it's not going to stop. >> police try stop sticks, spikes designed to puncture the tires. but they have little effect. the big rig keeps on rolling. >> it didn't disable the drive tires and the truck didn't slow down at all. >> meanwhile, inside the cab christie is doing her best to calm her abductor who is angry and agitated and still holding a gun to her head. >> my daddy used to say i could ta...